Strip HTML from Text

Is there an easy way to strip HTML tags from Text to get just the plain
text?

I am using a program called FreeTextBox that lets you format Text in a
TextBox. It does this by adding HTML tags (<b>, <u>,<span> etc) to the
code.

The problem is that it is a problem since I am putting the text in a
varChar(8000). The HTML adds a lot characters to the text. I can change
this to a Text field in Sql, but you can do a FullText search on a Text
field (plus I don't really want the tags in a Text Search).

Is there some filtering mechanism that would strip the HTML from a text
field?

Thanks,

TomHere's a complete sample :

http://www.experience247.com/srcvie...tmlIn.cs&font=3

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"tshad" <tscheiderich@.ftsolutions.com> wrote in message
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> Is there an easy way to strip HTML tags from Text to get just the plain text?
> I am using a program called FreeTextBox that lets you format Text in a TextBox. It does this by
> adding HTML tags (<b>, <u>,<span> etc) to the code.
> The problem is that it is a problem since I am putting the text in a varChar(8000). The HTML adds
> a lot characters to the text. I can change this to a Text field in Sql, but you can do a FullText
> search on a Text field (plus I don't really want the tags in a Text Search).
> Is there some filtering mechanism that would strip the HTML from a text field?
> Thanks,
> Tom
That does what I was looking for.

Thanks,

Tom
"Juan T. Llibre" <nomailreplies@.nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Here's a complete sample :
> http://www.experience247.com/srcvie...tmlIn.cs&font=3
>
> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
> aspnetfaq.com : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
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> "tshad" <tscheiderich@.ftsolutions.com> wrote in message
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>> Is there an easy way to strip HTML tags from Text to get just the plain
>> text?
>>
>> I am using a program called FreeTextBox that lets you format Text in a
>> TextBox. It does this by adding HTML tags (<b>, <u>,<span> etc) to the
>> code.
>>
>> The problem is that it is a problem since I am putting the text in a
>> varChar(8000). The HTML adds a lot characters to the text. I can change
>> this to a Text field in Sql, but you can do a FullText search on a Text
>> field (plus I don't really want the tags in a Text Search).
>>
>> Is there some filtering mechanism that would strip the HTML from a text
>> field?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom
>>